Corn husker



June 5, 192s.

= A. ROSENTHAL.

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Patented June 5, 1928.

UNITED l,STATi-*3 s.

AUGUST aosnNTHAn,

PATENT ermee.

or wiis'r` Anus wIsooNslN, AssIGNoR To 4*11i'osmartial'. iure. COMPANY, or WESTALLIS, WISCONSIN.

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Application nledTebruary 23, 1928. `Serial No. 256,340,

Thisl invention -relates to corn lhuskers, and is particularly directed to a bagger blower construction. l f g Objects of this invention are to yprovide a form of corn husker in which a novel form of blower is-provided and vcooperates with the corn husker in yanianner to permit the ready discharge of the shelled kernels into theblower, and to insure the discharge ot the jkernels from the blower into a bag without any breaking or cracking of the kernels asy has heretofore usually occurred with bagger blowers.

Further objects are `to provide a novel form of blower which has the corn inlet opening so arranged that there is no danger oi? 'striking the yblades against the `entering corn, but instead in which the corn grains are entrained by the blast of air andycarried upwardly through the discharge support and discharged into the bagwithout any contact with. the rapidly revolving blades ot the bagger blower.

Further objects are to provide a l'novel form of blower for a corn husker'which permits shaking of the trough` without transmitting .any shaking Amotion to :the and which is so Aconstructed that all of the grains discharged Vfrom the shaker trough are received by the blower, and in which provision is I made for "preventing bouncing outwardly ofr the grains ofcorn from the blower, although a relatively large amount may be suddenly discharged into the blower." v

Further objects are to provideI a ver-y simple and keminently practical construction which may be very cheaply manufactured and which 'is adapted to ,cooperate with corn huskers without requiring modification oi' the corn husker.

An embodiment. of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawingsin which:

Figure l is a, vsectionalI corn hu'sker showing the with parts :broken away, spondingto a section on .Figure 2; y

Figure 2 is a fragmentary plan view of a. portion of the structure shown in Figure 1 with parts thereo'fremoved; n Y

Figure 3 is a vvertical sectional view approximately on the'line S-f of Figure 2.

Referring ,to` the` drawings, it will be seen 'that a corn huskerof thetype described in blower in place such view corre'- the line *1f-1.r of

view lthrough a my prior Patent No. 1,629,930 of Mayfei, 1927 for a shaker trough for corn huskers, has'beendisclosed.

This corn huskerA 1s provided withya f.

shaker trough having sidebars 1 which carry a main bottom 2 and a screen bottom spaced below the mainbottom. v The main bottom 2 is provided, as shown, with upwardly' struck projections and adjacent openings,'so that the grains of corn in advertently shelled by the husker may pass through the openings in the main bottom` 2 and may rest temporarily uponthe screen bottom 3. Thisshaker trough is constantly' in motion back and forth whenthemachine 1s running, as described in my prior patent and vis carried'by means of links 4 so thatv it hask a swinging shaking motion. Any

dirt or dust that may be vdischarged with the grains of corn passes through the screen and drops from the machine. The grains ot cornanjd 'any other small material that may be discharged therewith `arefinally passed outwardly'through they head ofthe shaker trough and over the aperturedintermediate partition 5. @The ygrains of corn, however,

in ypassing over thefintermediate` partition 5 will fall through the apertures thereot into the troughelike space 6.' Anysmall cut 4material that maybe carried with the grains ci corn rwill pass over the intermediate partition and be discharged through the upper troughlike portion 7 (see Figures 1 and 2).

It is to rbe noted that' the bottom of the head portion of thetrough is provided with va laterally and slightly lforwardly projectingdischarge trough 8 (ser Figure 2) which 1s formedby means o'f the guide members ,9 and 10. rlhe guide member 10 extends lacross the ybottom of the main shaker trough,

as shown most clearly' inFigure 2. Thus, the separate grains 'of corn pass-outwardly through the trough-like portion 8, and are carried to the bagger blower lwhose casing vis indicated by the reference character 11 lin each of` the views.` This casing isformed intwo parts, as shown, and the l parts may be bolted or otherwise secured together, as indicated particularly in ,Figure' It is port-ion 12 which passes downwardly,-pret erably on the inner side of the casing of the blower.

As best shown in Figure l, the y,casing to be noted'that the trough-likemember 8 is provided with a downwardly extending 11 is provided with a central air inlet opening 11', and in addition thereto a second aperture 13 through which kernels of corn enter the casing, as will be hereinafter described. Particular attention is directed to the ratios of the areas ofthe openings 11 andv 13 to one another, and to the blower exhaust opening.

In practice it was found most desirable to introduce the kernels of corn into the` casing, at a point out of the path of travel of the fan blades, in order to prevent breaking of the kernels resulting from contact with the blades. Eecause of the foregoing, the aperture 13 necessarily breaks or reduces the suction of the blower. Therefore, it was found that the central air inlet had to be reduced in area to approximately onehalf of the area of the aperture 13, in order to insure the proper supply of air to main tain the necessary suction for drawing the kernels into Vthe casing and forcing them through the blower exhaust, the area of which is approximately equal to that of the aperture 13. These ratios result in maintaining the maximum suction so divided between the two openings as not to interfere with the force of the blower, and at the same time efficiently draw in the kernels delivered to the blower casing.

The blower is providedv with an outwardly and upwardly extending lip 14:, which has a horizontal upper edge, as shown in Figures 1 and 3, and is provided with an inturned flange 15, (see Figure 3) thus forining a pocket to receive and prevent any grains of corn delivered thereto from bouncing outwardly. It is to be noted particularly that the casing 14is provided with a semi-circular body portion having an intermediate wall 16, as shown in Figure 1. Thus, althouglivthe shaker trough may be violently shaken back and forth, nevertheless the portion 12 will overhang the auxiliary lip 14, and, consequently, the corn kernels will be discharged into the same, irrespective of the position occupied by the shaker trough.

The fan 17 ofthe bagger blower is carried by a horizontal shaft equipped with a driving pulley 18. The blades of this fan are spaced upwardly from the bottom portion of the casing 11 of the blower, as shown in Figure 3, and, consequently, corn entering the blower casing through the aperture 13 will be positioned below the reach of the blades. `However, this entering corn will be entrained by the rapidly entering and travcling air and will pass outwardly through the discharge spout or pipe 19. Preferably also the casing 11 is secured to a rigid portion of the corn husker, as indicated by the reference character' 20 in Figure 1. It is to be notedthat this auxiliary blower casing is provided with an upwardly and outwardly extending brace piece 21 which isequipped with anupturned hook 22, as shown in Figure 1. This upturned hook is riveted together with the brace 21 to a bag receiving ring 23. This ring, it will be noted, is also provided with one or more inwardly projecting prongs 2li on its outer side. It is to be noted also that the ring 23 is rigidly held to the discharge spout or pipe 19 not only by the brace 21, but by a link 25 (see Figure 1) which is secured both to the spout and to the ring. Q

In addition to this, a pairof supporting strap members 26 are attached to a rigid portion of theframework of the corn husker at one oftheir ends, and at the other ends thereof are attached to the ring 23. When the device is in use, it will be readily seen that the corn grains which drop upon the main bottom 2 of the corn husker will pass therethroughand the dirt or dust carried by the grains will be discharged through the wire screen 3 (see Figure 1). Further than this, due to the motion ofthe shaker trough, the grains willy progress to the right of the apparatus, as yviewed' in Figure 1 and will discharge along the chute 8 into the corn receiving casing of the blower. yThe rapid and Violent suction produced by the blower will insurel the withdrawing thereinto of the grains of corn fed from the corn husker.

Further than this, from a consideration of Figure 3, it is readily apparent that any bouncing of the grains of corn willv be stopped by the inturned lip lvof the corn receiving auxiliary casing of the bagger blower and, consequently, the grains of corn can not bound therefrom. Further, the auxiliary casing 14 slopes downwardly from opposite sides and from its outer side towards the opening i3 of the main casing of the auxiliary blower. In addition to this, it is to be noted that the blades of the fan or rotor 17 of the blower are always spaced upwardly a material distance from the entering corn and, consequently, will not strike the ycorn grains with consequent breaking thereof, but will insure the discharge of the grains through the discharge chute vor pipe 17 into the receiving sack 27. n

ln regard to the positioning of the sack upon the ring 23, it is to be noted that the inner edge of the mouth of the sackis hooked over the upstanding prong 22 and the outer edge of the mouth is hooked over the inf wardly extending prong 24. This insures an easy positioning and a secure retention of the sack in correct position upon the ring.

lt is to be noted that the auxiliary casing 11i of the blower is bolted to the main casing of the blower and y consequently may be formed separately therefrom, if desired.`

It will be seen, therefore, that avery effective type of bagger blower has been proleo vided which will #coopera/te with thel shaker troughs of the prevent spilling of the corn grains `as they pass from the 'shaker trough to the :station-` ary blower casing. j i

It will be seenffurtherthat there is no possibility ofthe breaking of the grains of corn by the bagger blower. f i l -Altihough the invention has been described in considerable detail, such description is intended `as illustrative :ra-ther than limiting as the invention may -be variously embodied and as the scope :of such invention yis -to I be vdetermined asclaimed.

I claim:

l.. The lco'nlilb.ination of acorn husking machine having a shaker trough provided with a discharge head, a blower having a casing located adjacent the discharge head and hav-4 ing an auxiliary casing adapted to receive corn from the discharge head of the shake-r trough irrespective of the position of the shaker trough, said` auxiliary casing extending outwardly from the main, casing of the blower and said shaker trough having a projecting portion .adapted to guide the cornH into theauxiliary casing of the blower.

2. The combination of a corn husker having a shaker trough adapted to receive grains of corn, said shaker trough having a screen bottom and having a discharge `head provided with an intermediate part-itionapertured to permit the passage therethrough of lgrains of corn, a trough-like projecting p0rtion,l located below said intermediate parti' tion and extending laterally and downwardly of the shaker trough, a bagger blower carried by the corn husker and having a receiving compartment provided with a horizontal up-` per edge overhung by said laterally project ing trough-like portion. n

3. A blower for cooperation with a corn, husker and adapted` to receive grains of corn,

said blower having a main casing, a rotor mounted therein, a discharge pipe projecting from said main casing, said main casing having an aperture located adjacent its periphery and extending through one side wall of the casing, and an auxiliary casing securedto saidmain casingand extending outwardly therefrom, said auxiliary casing slanting downwardly towards said inlet opening.

1l. A blower for grains of corn comprising a split casing of generally circular contour, a rot-or housed therein and having projecting blades, said main casing having a dischargel pipe extending tangentially therefrom and having an inlet opening adjacent its lower portion and extending through one side wall thereof, said inlet opening communicating withy the space below the blades'of said rotor, an auxiliary casing secured to said main casing and spaced outwardly therefrom to form a receiving pocket convergingdownwardly to said opening, whereby corn fed- Cornhuskers'4 in a mannerto n the blasty kof air created by said rotor lwithout contactingwith the blades of saidrotor.v v .l j

I5. The combinationy of la cornhusker havingfaI stationary casing and havingla'rocking shaker trough, said-shaker trough having-a discharge-.portion 'for grains of corn provided with a laterally and downwardly extending chute, afbaggerblower secured to Vtllie --startionary' casingpfs'aid corn husker vand lliavi-nglamainv casing enclosing aA rotor, said rotor being spaccdfupwardly from the -zbmttoin edge -oi' said maincasing, one side wallet-said maincasing having an'entrance int-0 {animali-ry Nasgaia fau aownj -wardly to isaid 1 inlet i opening and will be ,eny trained f :by

aperture adjacent its bottom portion and` below theblades of said rotor, an auxiliary casing secured to the main casing of said blower and forming an outwardly spaced pocket-below they laterally extending chute of said shaker trough and communicating with said opening, rsaid blower casing having a tangentially projecting discharge pipe and a bag retaining ring supported from the casing of said corn husker and from said blower casing and positioned adjacent the discharge end of said pipe.

6. The combination of a corn husking machine having a shaker trough-providedwith a discharge head, a blower having a casing located adjacent the discharge head and have ing a pocket for receiving corn from the discharge head of the shaker trough irrespective of the position yof said trough, said casingy being providedwith an aperture out of the path of travel of the fan for receiving kernels of corn delivered thereto. c

7. The combination of a corn husking machine having a shaker trough provided with .a discharge head, and a blower having al casing located adjacent the discharge head, said casing being provided with an aperture out of the path of travel of the fan for receiving kernels of corn from the discharge head of said trough. i

8. The combination of'a corn husking machine having a shaker trough provided with a discharge head, and a blower khaving ay casing located adjacent the discharge bead for. receiving kernels of com therefrom, said casing having lan air inlet and an aperture, the latter for receiving kernel'sof corn deliveredv to the blower, said inlet being of` lesser area than the area `of saidv aperture.

9. The combination of a corn husking machine having a shaker trough provided with a discharge head, and a blower vhaving a casing located adjacent the discharge head for receiving ykernels of corn therefrom, said casing havingV an air inlet and an aperture, the' latter for receiving kernels of corn delivered to the blower, said inlet bein-g approximately one-half the area of said aperture.

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10. The combination of acorn husking machine having a shaker trough provided With a discharge head, and a blower having a casing located adjacent the discharge head for receiving kernels of corn therefrom, said casing having an air inlet and an aperture, the latter lor receiving kernels of corn delivered to the blower, thecombined areas of said'inlet and aperture being greater than that of the blower exhaust.-

ll.. The combination of a corn husking machine having a shaker trough provided With a discharge head, and a blower having a casing located adjacent the discharge head for receiving` kernels of corn therefrom, said casing having an air inlet and an aperture,

discharge head, Said casing being provided t With a central air inlet, and an aperture out of the path of travel of the fan for receiving kernels of corn delivered thereto.

ln teetimony that I claim lthe 'foregoing I have hereunto set .my hand.

AUGUST ROSENTHAL.' 

